dog urinateing help

[7849kerry]

hi i have a 5 and a half month old chocolate labrador he is absolutely stunning in all ways and has been house trained since he was 10 weeks old only problem is if people stroke him he urinates he doesnt do this with me,boyfreind or our daughter. i have been taken him to traineing classes now for a couple o month any idea how i could stop him doing this any help would be grate thanks x

[lia*]

Submissive urination is the discharge of a trickle or a few drops of urine when a dog gets excited or when he wants to show deference to a person or another dog as the leader.

A bit more information is needed in order to deal with any behavioral problem and a professional trainer (positive training only, of course) can help you identify possible causes and set up a behavior modification program for you.

That being said, five things are necessary:

Check out your dog's physical health. Make sure the problem is indeed submissive urination by having your dog checked out by a veterinarian to rule out any physiological problems.

Increase your dog's confidence level . By teaching your dog new behaviors (including tricks), he will gain confidence and not be as timid.

Do not use negatives . Make absolutely sure no punishment is administered.

Ignore your dog for 90 seconds when you first come home . Basically you want to reward a calm, relaxed dog rather than inadvertently reinforcing the submissive behavior. By ignoring your dog for the first 90 seconds, his excitement level will drop a bit and then you can ask him to lie down or do something else before he has a chance to eliminate.

Teach a substitute behavior . Get your dog's mind off urinating by giving him something else to do instead. For instance, throw a treat on the ground and say �find it.� Teach him to go to his bed. Teach him to fetch a toy. Teach him to lie down.

I hope this helps

[drgnrdr]

I would say "sit" and do the rest that was given. Since you are in a class, ask your trainer, they should have some help for you, teach the dog sit and have them do that. ALL people in the house must do this, the NEW way to say hello is Sit, and give a treat not a pat on the head, I also tell my clients to get a toy, (treats can also be near door)sitting by the door, and throw it (toy), it puts the dogs mind on that, not giving appeasment gestures. ANY guest you know that are coming for a visit, regulate the dogs water make sure they go out before guest arrive, I would not have them down, if you command "down" he may urinate more, since DOWN is a submissive position, sit should be enough. This was addressed on a previous thread, check them out.

And get them checked by a vet if this just RECENTLY started, he may grow out of it, but that doesn't help you NOW, this will.

Welcome Lia*

Lia* it looks like you got this from a website, it looks very informative can you give us a connection? I love checking out new websites on training.